Chelsea thread

What a week coming up........ NEED MR GRANT TO PICK THE BEST TEAM available for all the matches, no resting, rotation or better still, get Steve Clarke to select the team. Starting line-up v Liverpool

ChopperHarris2008-04-23 10:37:23

Holding our own so far with plenty of ball.  Need the away goal !

Thank You John

It's all on now,  Come down to fortress Stanford Bridge a goal down.  Love it !  Care free where ever you may be we are the famous CFC

 " .....there's only one great ginga, one great ginga...."    

Lucky to get the draw boys!, couldn't get one thruough on your own, had to wait for a mistake.....can't see you winning your way through though........not if liverpool bring the game they did today.

Whats with Drogba these days? I never really liked him anyway, but he isn't doing much for you boys! Looks like he has already left, completely uninterested.. And boy can he dive..

Not a dig, just a thought from an impartial viewer   

and how many times did he vs us in the CL? (and yea your right, he has cut down - but just like ronaldo, it isn't something they will ever stop)

No, i'm not still sour..
NZgooner2008-04-23 11:18:46

I wouldn't call it sour Gooner. I mean i just get pissed off when biased Liverpool (or England fans in some cases) fail to see passed their blinkered eyes that they have a compulsive diver amongst their ranks but continue to live in denial about it.

all of the teams have their token diver.

I was actually happy to see you guys get the equaliser. I only saw the last 20 minutes and was watching it with a scouser workmate. He threw his toys when the own goal went it

Bloody chelsky can get a 1 all result without even scoring their usual one goal.

Quite true, people talk alot about Torres as being a diver, but Gerrard (the English master) does it all too often. I often see Torres taking a kick and if he can stumbling to regather himself or such. But anyway, dont want to hijack the chelsea thread now do we! Lucky draw today, im not so sure about Frank claim a deserved draw, but the next round will be interesting for sure.. Good luck!

Hey boys, three years ago we lost to the goal that never was, last year it was penalties.  I think we've earned our luck at Anfield however comical it was.

Must say i thought the starting 11 and substitutions where poor again from Grant. Maluda was woeful, Ferrairra non existant and i think Makalele should be moved on at the end of the season he's well passed his sell by date. With Drogba, j Cole and Lampard well below thier best it's amazing we got anything out of this game. I can't work out why you would take off Ballack and leave on Makalele when chasing the game, the substitution of Cole instead of Maluda is bewildering but at least he brought on Kalou.His team selections look hit and miss for the big games and only in the Arsenal game did he get things right, his substitutions tend to hinder the team more than help it, were relying on luck at the moment to get by and we'll need a sh*t load on saturday if we perform like that again

Is shevchenko fit to play?

I think Grant must be the problem, j Cole and SWP sudden loss in form came around when he started to mess around with them, he seems to rotate the form players so they lose form if you get my drift. Dropping Alex for Terry when he was one of our best two players was a disgrace and playing an unfit Lampard and subing Essien were two decsions that cost us the Carling cup in my book. With us now in a great position to reach the champions league final and still in the hunt for the league it shouldn't be hard to motivate players but in recent games some players look like they have nothing to play for, i believe this comes down to the manager its his job to keep them focused. Under Jose we never lacked passion as a team but Grant comes across more like an undertaker than a football manager this lack of passion must rub off on the players. If Steve Clarke was to leave ( i hope he stays after Grant is gone) i suspect the whole squad would fall apart, he is given very little credit for what's happening at the moment and so far Grant has acheived nothing that Jose didn't except lose the two trophys we won last season.

Malouda is the biggest mystery to me.  I was astonished to see him in the starting line up mid-week.  A huge and massive disappointment this season. 

Malouda is the forgotten man at chelsea, Jose signed him as a replacement for Robben but he was always surplus to requirements with Kalou,swp and j Cole all looking far better. After hardly being involved all season its mind-boggling to have him thrown in for crucial games and expecting him to produce the goods, especially as better options were available.

Rivalries aside, my condolances to the Lampards on the loss of their wife/mother/grandmother. Not nice to lose any family member. On behalf of QPR fans, our sincerest condolances.

Thanks LGM.  Nice touch by the players after the first goal to parade a shirt with her name on. 

Biggest disappointment to me, had a great record in France but has not fire a shot all season.May shine in his second season if he has one!!

Best Chelsea team performance for a long time, 1st 20 minutes should have been 3 up.All the players finally step up to the mark with Essien outstanding. Was a top game with  Utd playing better in the second half but Chelsea found a more direct stlye of play to fully derserve the 3  points and keep the Premiership alive  Go you BLUES

PS Grants team selection was on the money,

Essien looked so embarrassed when his team-mates were fighting over the free kick.

Agreed ! 

ChopperHarris2008-04-29 16:30:21

but definitely not as embarrassed as the Chelsea heirachy, insulting Evra and picking a fight with the united players after the game, even after a win? nice work guys

o and for the record, it was an accident by ferdinand and she was not hurt, and he profusely apologised, weak call.

Ferdinand still acts like a spoiled brat a lot on the field though, and off it too. sh*t role model it has to be said.

Boys have made a good start !  Come on you blues 

Drogba! Chelsea 1 Pool 0

We're off to Moscow ! *no finger nails left*

at work now, bloody knackered, great match and  result for us. Go Chelsea

Well done Chelsea. Have to say i didn't think the tie would be this exciting but was proved wrong. Hopefully the final will be just as good but it's hard to see.

And a chance to rain on manures party yet again. I thought Gant was having a hearttack at the end but he was in fact looking for a contact lens on the ground.

Can't believe we're in the final at last.  Another fantastic performance of guts and determination to get us through.  Drogs was huge - what was Rafa thinking sl*gging him off?  But quality all over the pitch from Terry, Carvalho, Essien, Lamps, Cech, Ballack, Macca. Even Kalou stepped up.  All personified by Frank's ballsy penalty.  Still brings a lump to my throat. 

Bring on the the Scum again. 

Well done.  And hasn't it made the Premiership season end more exciting into the deal?